# Mother-son duo held for cheating women on matrimonial sites in Bengaluru 2026-08-25T07:05:43+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet A mother and son have been arrested by Adugodi police in Bengaluru for allegedly running a matrimonial scam that cheated over 10 women. The accused, Pradeep Joseph (also known as Pradeep Solomon) and his mother Kalavathi, were caught from a house in Wayanad, Kerala, where they had been hiding for three months. Pradeep posed as a doctor and doctorate holder on platforms such as Shaadi.com, claiming he was preparing for judicial exams. The duo reportedly rented a bungalow in Mysuru to project wealth, including claiming ownership of three acres of land and a commercial complex. They got engaged to a Bengaluru woman and demanded gold jewellery, a luxury car, and a house as marriage conditions, collecting Rs 20 lakh as an advance. They allegedly threatened to cancel the wedding if demands were not met. A complaint was filed in May, and an FIR was registered after a High Court rejected their anticipatory bail plea. Police traced them to Wayanad and arrested them. Investigators are now examining their profiles, financial records, and communications to identify more possible victims. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Indian marriage frauds usually rely on fabricated credentials, but this case pairs a fake doctor profile with a mother acting as facilitator, a tactic that makes the scheme appear more credible to families. The accused demanded specific wedding assets, gold, a car, a house, and collected Rs 20 lakh upfront, which matches a pattern where the fraudster escalates demands after engagement, knowing the family is socially committed. Bangalore police have opened the financial trail, which means other victims may be identified once transaction records are cross-matched. Adugodi police will now seek custodial interrogation to trace the money trail and any accomplices who helped create the fake profiles. ## Coverage - siasat.com Led with arrest facts and police account, no slant detected This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Adugodi police, Bengaluru, Kerala, Pradeep Joseph, Shaadi.com Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/mother-son-duo-held-for-cheating-women-on-matrimonial-sites-in-bengaluru/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/mother-son-duo-held-for-cheating-women-on-matrimonial-sites-in-bengaluru/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/